Ugandan health authorities are investigating an unidentified disease outbreak that has killed at least 12 people in a span of two weeks in Kyotera district in the central region. Affected patients had rashes on the skin which kept widening, before dying in a matter of days. Some had swollen limbs. …
Read More »Floods leave at least 100 dead and 700,000 displaced in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
Violent floods in the Horn of Africa have killed more than 100 people and driven nearly 700,000 people from their homes as the region is hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon. “Fifty people died in the disaster while 687,235 people were forced to flee their homes,” Mohamud Moalim …
Read More »4000 prisoners released to relieve prison overcrowding
More than 4,000 Nigerian prisoners were released as part of a campaign to reduce prison overcrowding in Nigeria, the Nigerian Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo announced. “We have announced the release of 4,068 prisoners detained because of their inability to pay their fines,” said the minister. “Only prisoners whose fines do …
Read More »Israel recalls its ambassador to South Africa for consultations
Israel has recalled its ambassador to South Africa for consultations, following “South Africa’s latest statements”, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party on Thursday had said it would support a parliamentary motion calling for the Israeli embassy in South Africa to be …
Read More »Discovery of a mass grave in Kidal
The army announced that it had discovered a mass grave in Kidal (north-east), a Tuareg separatist stronghold that it recently recaptured in Mali. “On Thursday November 16, the FaMa (Malian armed forces) discovered a mass grave in Kidal during their security operations,” the army wrote. “This mass grave is a …
Read More »Joseph Boakai officially declared winner of Liberia election
Opposition candidate Joseph Boakai has been formally declared the winner of Liberia’s run-off presidential election. Incumbent President George Weah had already conceded on Friday night when Mr Boakai had built an unassailable lead. But not all the votes had been counted. On Monday afternoon, National Elections Commission chairperson Davidetta Browne-Lansanah …
Read More »Man jailed for spraying girlfriend with acid
The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 62-year-old illegal miner to 20 years’ hard labor for pouring acid over his former girlfriend in Prestea, in Ghana’s Western Region. “The two went to the usual mining site to prospect for gold, and while going about their respective duties a misunderstanding ensued …
Read More »South Africa calls on ICC to issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu
The South African government has called on the International Crime Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by mid-December. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said if the ICC did not do this, it would signal a “total failure” of global governance. “The world cannot …
Read More »Nigeria university plans mass burial of unclaimed bodies
The private Catholic-run Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI) in south-eastern Nigeria’s Enugu state has received court approval to conduct a mass burial of 33 bodies abandoned at the mortuary of its teaching hospital. Some of the bodies have remained unclaimed for 18 years, the university’s Vice-Chancellor Christian Anieke said on Sunday. …
Read More »UN loses peacekeeper in clashes in Sudan
Sudanese authorities in the disputed area of Abyei say at least 32 people, including a UN peacekeeper, were killed after gunmen stormed local villages. The Information Minister for Abyei, Bolis Kuoch, said more than 20 others were wounded when men opened fire on Sunday morning. He said UN peacekeepers intervened …
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